Homage to Lee Schipper: Physicist and Iconoclast

From the New York Times. Leon J. Schipper, a physicist whose passion for data led him to question the value of popular energy policies, like government subsidies for ethanol and for electric cars and the “cash for clunkers” program, died Tuesday in Berkeley, Calif. He was 64. Leon Schipper, Physicist and Iconoclast – By Matthew L. Wald, New York Times. August 18, 2011 Dr. Schipper, who was known as Lee, held a bachelor’s degree in music and a Ph. … Read More

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